White River Junction, VT, USA – April 2, 2025 — Concepts NREC and ADS CFD have formed a partnership which will allow the combination of the Agile Engineering Design System® for Turbomachinery and the ADS GPU Accelerated CFD software suite to enable turbomachinery designers to perform Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations 15-120X faster than traditional solvers at a fraction of the hardware cost.
The Agile Engineering Design System® (AEDS) is an integrated suite of software modules for Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) specialized for turbomachinery. The ADS GPU Accelerated CFD software suite consists of ADS Code WAND, an automated mesh generator for multistage turbomachinery, and ADS Code LEO, a CFD solver that has full steady and unsteady turbomachinery capabilities and has been optimized for GPU acceleration. ADS Code LEO is well validated with experimental data and in use at many of the world’s leading turbomachinery OEMs.
The two companies have integrated the ADS Code LEO seamlessly into the AEDS so that designers can launch a GPU CFD calculation with a single click. Meshing of the geometry, transfer of the boundary conditions, setup and launching of the solver have all been automated. The GPU powered CFD will run 15-120X faster than traditional CPU based CFD methods without loss of fundamental validations that have made ADS Code LEO a trusted CFD partner in the turbomachinery space. The integration is available now in v2025.1 of the AEDS.
Dr. Peter Weitzman, President of Agile Engineering Software at Concepts NREC commented “Our new partnership with ADS will revolutionize turbomachinery design. Engineers will be able to do their traditional steady state mixing plane calculations 15-120X faster reducing design time considerably, and in addition, full 360-degree unsteady calculations will finally become practical within product design timelines.”
Mr. Michael Ni, President of ADS CFD commented “We are excited to partner with Concepts NREC, the leader in turbomachinery design, to bring the next leap in turbomachinery design and analysis software directly to designers. The speed and accuracy of ADS GPU CFD coupled with the deep turbomachinery knowledge of the Concepts NREC and ADS CFD teams is a winning combination for our customers.”
To schedule a live demo or request a trial license of the new integrated solution please contact sales@conceptsnrec.com or info@adscfd.com.
About Concepts NREC
For over 65 years, Concepts NREC has been a strategic partner to many of the world’s leading turbomachinery companies. We are the only company in the world that offers a complete in-house “Art to Part” solution from initial concept through design, manufacturing, testing and installation.
About the Agile Engineering Design System®
Concepts NREC’s Agile Engineering Design System® is a complementary suite of programs for Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) that covers the entire design process — from preliminary sizing through fluid dynamics and mechanical stress and vibration analysis. Final designs can be easily imported into our industry-leading CAM software, MAX-PAC™, to create efficient 5-axis machining strategies.
To learn more, visit our website at www.conceptsnrec.com.
About ADS CFD
Founded in 2008, ADS CFD is a software and consulting service provider to the aerospace industry. Our experience was hardened in the gas turbine engine industry for the unique challenges of the turbomachinery design cycle. Our technology is fast, robust, and accurate and our team specializes in addressing the most challenging problems facing aerospace engineers today. ADS CFD is aerospace class CFD you can count on.
About ADS GPU Accelerated Software Suite
The ADS GPU accelerated software suite is built upon the CFD flow solver, ADS Code LEO. For over 20 years, ADS Code LEO has delivered robust and accurate results for turbomachinery analysis. With the jump in performance from GPU acceleration, ADS Code LEO now delivers two orders of magnitude improvement in cost per simulation without the loss of fundamental validations. Simulations that took weeks are now completed in hours, and those that took hours are completed in minutes, helping deliver designs on time and on budget.
To learn more, visit our website at www.adscfd.com.
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